Your HR/Benefits department is going to have to take certain steps to comply with these new rules.
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Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, DOL Fact Sheet, Express milk, HR/Benefits, Nursing breaks, Nursing mothers rules, Undue hardship
If a current proposal from the Department of Labor (DOL) gets passed, it could mean a lot of added work — and headaches — for companies.
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Tags: 2010 Spring Regulatory Agenda, Department of Labor, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, FLSA exemption analysis, overtime
Just in time for the summer season, the Department of Labor (DOL) has rolled out a new set of standards on the few occasions when it’s OK to offer unpaid internships.
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Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, Educational environment, For-profit, Intern, Private sector companies, Unpaid internships
Firms that offer unpaid internships may be in for a rude awakening in the near future.
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Tags: Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, DOL, Nancy J. Leppink, Unpaid internships, Wage and hour laws
Don’t look to the Department of Labor (DOL) for help navigating the waters of wage-and-hour compliance any longer.
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Tags: "We Can Help", DOL, Employer-friendly, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Opinion letters, Wage and Hour division, Wage and hour lawsuits
In case you didn’t have enough on your to-do list for 2010, the feds just added to it.
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Tags: compliance, Critical changes, DOL, Federal agencies, Fiduciary, Finance, Investment advice, OSHA, Recordkeeping task, Regs and rules, Wage-hour audits
Wellness programs have helped many companies save money — and cost some a small fortune.
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Tags: Discrimination, DOL, double-digit increases, Health care, HIPAA, IRS, Wellness program
Everybody’s got too much to do these days, and the overtime can add up fast. But you’ll probably want to check your current pay policies and procedures against a new ruling from the Department of Labor. You may owe more than you think.
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Tags: DOL, Lunch breaks, overtime, Policies
No denying, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can be a pain in companies’ pocketbooks — especially smaller organizations. So will the upcoming revamp of the rules help or hurt businesses?
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Tags: DOL, Employee leave, FMLA, Revisions, Scheduling
If Finance is looking for a way to keep out of costly legal hot water, here’s some good news:
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Tags: DOL, ERISA, Financial compliance, Retirement laws
When employees move it, they’re healthier and more productive. Employers then start to lose the burden of ever-increasing healthcare costs. Download the Virgin HealthMiles White paper, “Moving Toward Health” to better understand physical activity’s impact on employee health and associated medical and productivity costs.
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